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F. BURJANEK.

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APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 28| |914.

atented Jan. l5, 1918.

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FRANK BUBJANEK, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO HERHOLID CHAIR C0., FCHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A. CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

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Specieation of Letters Patent.

Patented dan. f5, twig..

Application led September 28, 1914. y Serial No. 863,949. i

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be Vit known that I, FRANK BURJANEK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in` Chairs, of which thefollowing is a description.

My invention belongs to that general class of devices known as chairs,and relates particularly to that style of chairs known as bent woodchairs. While I have referred to it as a bent wood chair, the inventionmay be embodied in other styles of chairs, as will be obvious from thedescription. The invention has among its objects the production of achair that is attractive, durable, efficient and satisfactory. A chairconstructed in accordance with the invention described herein isextremely rigid, the legs and back being braced and secured in place ina substantial and yet at the same time attractive manner.

To this end my invention consists in the novel construction, arrangementand combination of parts herein shown and described, and moreparticularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings,`wherein like reference characters indicate like orcorresponding parts,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a embodying` my invention;

Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view through the .seat and lower part of thechair, taken substantially on line 2, 2 of Fig. Il;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view, taken substantially on line 8, 3 of Fig. 4;i

Fig. 4 is a sectional view, taken substantially on line 4, l of Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings, l, 1 represent the front legs of the chair,and 2, Q the rear legs. Secured to the legs is a suitable seat 3 ofveneer, cane, or the equivalent, which is preferably carried by a frameor ring 5. As shown, the rear legs are preferably extended upwardly andlooped to form a back d. The rear legs 2 are preferably secured to theexterior edge of the ring or frame 5 in any of the well known manners,screws 7 being shown for the purpose. The front legs are set in socketsin the ring or frame 5 and suitably secured thereto. As shown, the upperends of the legs 1 are each shouldered, as at 9, and the extended end 8tted into ets t5 in the ri a. The legs may chair be secured in place inthe manner hereafter described.

Arranged below the seat 3 and secured to the legs l and 2 are crossedbracing inembers 10. rihe members 10 each have one end secured toa rearleg Q intermediate the seat and end of the leg, as shown in Fig. 2, thesame being suitably secured in place by screws 14, or their equivalent.The opposite end of each is preferably extended, as shown, and securedto the ring or seat frame 5, and to the end 8 of the leg l by a screw11, or its equivalent. The same is also preferably secured to the frontlegs l by screws l2, or the equivalent, as most clearly shown in Fig. 2.As shown in Fig. 8, the end of each bracing member 10 is preferablyprovided with a shoulder 13 adapted to underlie the ring 5 and formed to`fit close to the leg l, as is most clearly shown in Fig. 4. The bracesare preferably secured together by screws or bolts l5 at their crossing,as

shown in Fig. 2.

The seat 3 may be secured to the seat frame 5 in any suitable manner,the frame 5 being preferably recessed or countersunk. as at 6, uponwhich the seat may rest. The method of securing the seat in placedescribed depends upon the style of seating employed. whether it becane, veneer, leather, fiber, or the equivalent. T he parts may be gluedtogether, as well as secured by screws, if so desired. By thisconstruction the legs are securely fastened together and at the sametime substantially braced. It will be seen in the construction describedthat the seat and legs constituting the chair are securely braced andreinforced by a brace member extending from one leg intermediate the endand the seat to an alternate leg at the seat, which brace member is initself strengthened and made rigid by a similarly formed brace memberconnecting the remaining legs. By constructing the braces as shown thefront edge of the chair is securely braced and connected with the rearlegs, so that not only are the front parts secured together and braced,but the rear legs are similarly braced from the front side.

@wing to the method of securing the members l0 to the front leg andframe 5, the front legs are prevented from pulling out or working loose.An additional back member may be employed, if desired, a loop member it@i shown in Fig.. t. llt is, of course, titl obvious'that the parts maybebent nor sawed in diiferent shapes than those shown, with the sameresult. l

Having thus described my invention, vit is obvious that Variousimmaterial modifications may be made in the same without de` partingfrom the spirit of my invention;`

hence I do not wish to be understoodas l formed with a shoulderoverlying the under fCopies of` this patent may befubtainedf for side ofthe iframe, a bent brace secured to each rear leg intermediate theendsthereof, and extended lacross the chair below the seat to-adjacent `theupper end of one ot' the front legs, with a nortion adjacent the leg cutaway at theseat firame, and means for securing said brace and leg to theseat frame, with a portion of the frame between the same.

2. vIn a chair of the kind described., the combination of a plurality oflegs, aseat car.- ried thereby, Y'said seat including a suitable frame,the front pair of legs having their upper endsrecessed in 'said seatframe, and cross brace members secured to the rear legs and bent at the-other lends to adjacent the upper ends of said front legs, said bracesvformed 'to closely fit fthe fron-t legs adjacent theupper ends-thereof,with a portion cut away to cleara portion of the inner -sideof saidframe, and fastening members extending throughsaid braces, said seatframe and said front legs, .said fastening membersbeing of sufficientlength to `engage the seat frameonthe outer side of said legs, butnot toproject entirelyl through the. frame.

3., A leg :fastening for chairs comprising a-claair seat frame h/zwingla socket therein,

a leg having its upper part" disposed within said socket, a brace, theupper portion of which extendsa-long one sideof the wall fof thesockets-and being formed t0 contact with a. substantial portion of theleg below the socket, and fastening Vmeans extending through the brace,the chair frame and the leg, substantially as described.

`4t. A leg .fastening for chairs comprising a seat frame having a sockettherein, a leg reduced in diameter at, one end and fitting in thesocket, a. brace having itsnpper end extending along one'side of theWall ofthe socket in the `chair frame and lalso being formedtofiitfthecontour in fa substantial portion'of the leg below thesocket.: and; fastening means extending through. the brace, the `chairframe i and leg, i substantially as .described. i, A .i Y.

y 5. A leg fastening for chairs comprising' a --seat f-ramefhaving asocket therein, a :leg reduced in diameter at one end and fitting in thesocket, a brace having its upper' end extending along one side of the-wall ofthe socket in the chair frame andalso being formed to tit thecontour ina substantial-y portion of the leg below the socket, landfastening means. .extending through the brace, chair `frame and-leg,'and` an additional fastening device passing through the brace andengaging the leg `at a point `well below the chair frame.v Y A Y 6. Aleg fastening for chairsfcomprising a seat frame 4having asocket-therein, ja leg fitti-ng within the socket, a brace having aportion extending. adjacent the leg, `and-a single fastening meansextending through the -brace,t'he chairfframe and the `upper portion ofthe \leg`substantially las described. testimony whereof, I have hereuntosigned my name inthe presence of tw.o;.-s11b scribng wi-tnesses.- c i Y'I vnaiiir',"Burial/trink.'fr Witnessesz; i` d i l T. H. HEnHoLn, E.F.HfERHoLD.

Washington, ID. C. l Y

